Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Lawrence County · listed in 2009 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Downtown Ironton Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,211 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 50 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM 09/09 |
| 7 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | WIND FIRE |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | ST. MARY'S CHURCH #1 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | IRONTON #1 FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | HANGING ROCK SPUR A |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | CABIN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Downtown Ironton Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironton Plant Number 85 | Clay | Past Producer |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Ironton News | 1899 to 1937 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin Historic District | under 500 feet | 1979 | |
 | Brumberg Building | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Marlow Theatre | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Marting Hotel | 0.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall | 0.3 miles | 2012 |
 | Norfolk And Western Railroad Depot | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08001296 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lawrence County | All 20 listed properties in this county. |
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